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    Onrus River Estuary (34241910)

    Western Cape

    Card 512160
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34241910Onrus River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-04-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 16:00
    End time 16:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 62
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny, windless day.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Tuesday 26 May 2026 02:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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